Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened to strike the UK with a new ballistic missile after using the weapon to hit a target in Ukraine.Downing Street condemned Mr Putin for further escalating the conflict by using a ballistic missile with a range of “several thousand kilometres” against the city of Dnipro.

Russia has captured more territory in eastern Ukraine, with Nato set to hold emergency talks next week amid warnings that Russia will increase the production of a new, hypersonic ballistic missile. Russia’s Defence Ministry said its forces have captured the settlement of Novodmytrivka in Ukraine’s Donetsk region,

VLADIMIR Putin has sent out a chilling warning to the West saying he will continue to unleash his devastating new hypersonic missiles. The Russian despot has already threatened to strike the UK

The UK is ‘directly involved’ in the Ukraine war after its missiles were used to strike targets in Russia, an ambassador has said. Andrei Kelin, the Russian ambassador to the UK, warned Britain the use of Storm Shadow missiles is bringing the country directly into the conflict.